Which of the Following Has Been Found in Studies of Response-Outcome

question 138

Multiple Choice

Which of the following has been found in studies of response-outcome relations and reinforcement?

• A)Operant behaviour is automatically strengthened when it is followed by desirable consequences.
• B)On concurrent schedules of reinforcement, organisms emit responses that maximize the total number of reinforcers they will receive.
• C)There are species-specific predispositions to form certain types of associations.
• D)People actively reason out the relations between responses and the outcomes that follow.

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